Billboard



J. ASANG BILLBOARD Filed Nov. 23, 1937 JA c 05 #514 IVQ-E H INVENTOR.

Patented May 24, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to structures commonly used on vacant properties along the roadsides, for displaying advertising matter, news-items, or anything to which the attention of the public is to be called.

One of the objects of this invention is to modernize, beautify, and simplify such a billboard.

Another object is to make it possible that the billboard can be pre-finished in certain portions to require only an assembling at the location.

Another object is to make such portions of certain design and construction as to facilitate a proper assembling.

Another object is to provide connectingparts for the main structure portions of harmonizing attractiveness.

Other objects will appear from the following description and appended claim as well as from the accompanying drawing, in which,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a billboard embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary cross section through the frame on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary cross section through a portion of the frame and as applied to a portion of the sub-structure.

Commonly used billboards are of a rather standard design and structure, practically adopted throughout the country.

For practical as well as for artistic reasons there are, however, considerable objections to be made against such commonly adopted constructions.

Billboards have to be transferred frequently from one location to another, and any dismounting and reassembling of the old type of boards involves quite considerable expenses due to breakage, but, more particularly, due to difficulties in dismounting and reassembling pro- 4.0 visions, or rather the lack of such provisions.

Moreover, public attitude against unsightly obstructions in the landscape is such that the old type billboard can not satisfy for many reasons.

This new billboard, disclosed herewith, is made 45 of such sections that can readily be produced preparatory to being taken to the location, in other words, can be produced in sections in any suitable workshop to only require mere assembling that can easily be accomplished by any un- 50 skilled men.

This stipulates, of course, that the more difiicult Work is done by skilled men in a workshop, to include such work and portions that are ornamental and part of the attractiveness of the 55 Whole structure.

As illustrated, particularly the frame, that is to surround the large display portion of the board proper, is made in distinct sections that are preproduced, to be merely assembled at the location where the finished board is to stand, there being 5 the upper and lower straight pieces 5 and 6 besides the end pieces I and 8.

The end-pieces are preferably made to include the rounded corners with the straight portion inbetween so that the ends 9 of the rounded cor- 10 ners are simply brought into abutment against the ends ID of the straight pieces 5 and 6.

The longitudinal pieces 5 and 6, as well as the end pieces 1 and 8 are held together by ornamental joining pieces ll, one of such joining 15 pieces being shown in proper position over a joint in Fig. 1, while the other three joints are uncovered, the joining pieces for these places being merely indicated in dotted lines, to indicate their proper locations. 20

Fig. 2 illustrates a joining in cross section, having the joining piece applied over the frame pieces, and having bolts l2 indicated for uniting the frame pieces by the joining piece.

in Fig. l, the locations for the bolts are merely 25 indicated by dots at l3, to indicate the possibilities of having means at the opposite sides of a joint for holding the different pieces together.

From this it should be understood that any in the least difficult pieces, such as the curves and 30 the ornamental joining pieces, are pre-finished at a suitable place, such as a shop where proper tools and equipment as well as skilled men can be kept; while the assembling along the road can be accomplished by unskilled truckmen. 35

Such a frame can then be made real ornamental, and, since this frame really is the principal part of any billboard, a billboard can always be made equally attractive and of well finished design and workmanship. 40

The central portion I4, forming the part on which matter is commonly displayed, may be of any suitable material, metal, wood, or any other suitable sheet material.

Further sub-structures, such as the pieces I5 and the posts it, may be of any less finished material, since, as a rule, behind the board and frame proper; and the lower substructure, or base i! with its ornamentations [8 may also be of simpler kind to not be difiicult for the roadmen to cut and fit at the location, preparatory to assembling, so that the pre-finished pieces form the principal part of the completed board as it stands at the roadside.

The bolts I2, of course, may be provided of upright end-sections including straight portions to correspond to the upright edges of the surface and curved portions to correspond to similarly shaped corners of the surface and having transverse abutting ends to meet the abutting ends of the longitudinal sections, and joining pieces shaped to fit on the front faces of the abutting longitudinal and end sections for overlapping the sections and having means by which to join the sections.

JACOB ASANGER. 

